Also known as Hyposaurus derbianus type locality
Where: Pernambuco, Brazil (7.9° S, 34.9° W: paleocoordinates 11.7° S, 20.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Maria Farinha Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• Originally thought to be latest Cretaceous (Cope 1886), but now considered Paleocene (see Hastings et al. 2010)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. D. Cope. 1885. A contribution to the vertebrate paleontology of Brazil. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 23(121):1-21 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123332: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 19.01.2012, edited by Alexander Kourmadas
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Dyrosauridae indet. crocodilian Three partial mandibles; one includes surangular, articular, and angular; another includes teeth and associated maxillary fragments
Hyposaurus derbianus n. sp. Cope 1885 crocodilian MN - type (left malar and quadratojugals, nearly complete lower jaw, several vertebrae, humerus, coracoid and several dermal bones); isolated teeth too
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